yumna Iftikhar

December 28, 2018, Government of Balochistan Embarks Upon a New Drive Towards Digital Healthcare in Three Public Sector Departments “Leadership of Balochistan government commits to expand access and bring quality of care in family planning services across the entire province”. Said by Mr. Mir Naseebullah Khan Marri, Minister Health, Government

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Jhpiego began working in Pakistan in 1997 and since then has been is addressing critical public health issues through collaboration with federal and provincial governments, training institutions, private practitioners and health educators. The Maternal and Child

Empty book of life is actually filled with what experience you put in! Travelling in public transport always has been an interesting experience for me. Seeing new faces every day, meeting new people, always explaining to others where and why are you travelling? And most importantly unintentionally hearing different conversations

Cheers to Pashtoon Culture Day! Today is a day to celebrate Pashtoon culture and its heritage. Since birth I have spent time with Pashtoons and know lot about them but due to shortage of time I couldn’t write much about it so I decided to go on with “Pashtoo Language”

Educating the Educated!!! Blessing still is considered a curse! Is having a daughter really unfortunate??? Do people still fear to have daughters??? Well fatefully yes! Few days back when I heard women scarily talking about having a daughter, I realized that still we need awareness among people and need to

“Whatever we plant today is what we’ll get tomorrow.” You plant the seeds of a mango tree, let it nourish and grow. What do you get as a result? Grape vines? No, you get a mango plant. This is the case with people too. When you give a child some

Here is a blast from the past – The Eid Days The sun of Eid would rise with smile on faces The breeze of Eid would blow the blues away The birds would tweet the songs of happiness The buds would turn to flowers to wear new dresses The jingling

Lately I’ve been pushing myself to understand the meaning of life. It was like I spent my whole life chasing unneeded dreams, more likely while following the shine before me, I have been dunk deepen into the shadows behind. Man is a sole creature who can never get satisfied

Every night, when millions of stars dance in the music of darkness and the moon smiles to cheer for the stars, I lay down under the wide, unbounded sky to feel the fresh wind of freedom on the spur of the moment. Before my eyelids shutter my eyeball, I happen

People with a death threat have bucket lists. In Pakistan aunties reaching the age of pachees should do too. See, there is no light beyond the age of pachees. As soon as a girl hits 20, her final years start. She knows that she has to live (whatever little she